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Cross analysis of multi-stakeholder innovation in smallholder farming :
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Cross analysis of multi-stakeholder innovation in smallholder farming :
Key lessons and policy recommendations from Benin, Kenya and South Africa
AISA Conference, Nairobi, 30 May 2013
57 innovation
cases (Benin,Kenya,
S. Africa)
Case 1Lessons
Case 13
Collab. assessment
Case
Select ionInventory
Anal.
framework
Feb/10 Jul/13
13 cases
Cross-Analysis
Nov/11
JOLISAA Process
JOLISAA Assessment Process: CasesEntry point Natural Resource
ManagementValue chain
development
Benin * Integrated soil fertility management* Hwedo agrofishing system
* Soy foods * Rice parboiling
Kenya * Soil liming* Prosopis management
* Aloe domestication* Mango processing* Solar milk cooling* Gadam sorghum
South Africa * Integrated soil fertility management* In field rain water harvesting
* Input bulk buying
Lesson 1: Innovations occur in the “social wild”, even when there is no intervention
Lesson 2: Innovation processes comprise dynamic bundles of technological, institutional and organizational elements
Lesson 3: Innovation processes that allow producers to connect with diverse value chains allow for more flexible and incremental changes
Lesson 4: Over the long term, innovation processes unfold in unpredictable and unplannable ways
Key Lessons to be Elaborated
1. Even where there is no intervention, numerous innovations occur in the « social wild »
Perceived overexploitation
of wild aloe
Conservation through use
Aloe cultivation
Industrial processing
Cosmetics
Publ
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Creation of a new value chain
Social wild
Harvesters of wild aloe
Sap boilers
Sap & gum traders
Informal exporters Small scale processing units
training
Planned value chain fails Messy informal value chain still at work
Aloe PPP :Kenya
2. Innovation processes comprised of dynamic bundles of technological, organizational and institutional elements
Prosopis innovation bundle: Kenya
Desertification and poverty solution
Invasive weed pest
Managementoptions
Technical innovation
Organizational innovation
Organizational innovation
Institutional innovation
FFS groups
FFS groups become charcoal production and trade association
Change in charcoal processing laws
Problem turns into an opportunity
time
3. Diverse value chains within commodity allow flexible and inclusive changes
Soy as solution to malnutrition 1980s
Soybean farmers
Small scale processing
Informal trade
Culinary and dietary practices
Medium scale processing
High valueproducts
Smal
l sca
le
mec
hani
satio
n
Contracts & formal
Cooking oil im
ports
Traders and bulking enterprises
Industrial oil plants
Formal trade and export
Regional cooking oil
Competition on global market
More demanding
urban market
Diversified local markets
Poultry feed
Soybean value chains: Benin
4. Over the long term, innovation processes unfold in unpredictable and unplannable ways
Soybean introduction
by NGO
Introduction of soy in infant
meals
Developement of small infant
food enterprises
Proces s for instant meals
Introduction of toasting
principles
Development of soy based
recipes
Numerous adjustments in processes soy-
cheese, mustards, etc.
By products feed innovation in poultry
raising
Numerous soy products as substitutes to
common food products
Small scale mechanization
Experimentation on vari eties and cropping
practices (mainly by farmers)
soy based rotations developed by farmers
Promi scuous TGX cross variety selection by I ITA
Inoculation developed by researchers up to a
rhizobia production unit
Farmer organisations producing seeds, selling
in bulk to l arge scale oil-plants
Development of intermediate service
enterprises toasting soy for animal feed producing
fi rms (ESOP)
Consortium and platform (FOs , researchers,
Oi lplants, NGOs etc.)
Readjustment of large sca le oil-plants for s oy oil
production
Contracts between oil plants and farmers for
seed production, dis tribution and soy
time
Initial plan: baby food
Integration into cuisine
Spreads through farming systems
Oil plants adjust from cotton to soy
Soybean evolution: Benin
Challenge: How to support innovation processes?
L1: Innovations occur in the “social wild”, even when there is no intervention: R1: Policies, research and practice would do better recognizing and strengthening existing local innovation processes rather than trying to replace them.
L2: Innovation processes comprise dynamic bundles of technological, institutional and organizational elementsR2: Policy, research and practice should approach innovation in a way that integrates these elements.
Challenges, lessons and recommendations
Challenge: How to support innovation processes?
L3: Innovation processes that allow producers to connect with diverse value chains allow for more flexible and incremental changes: R3: Increase research and investment in innovation processes that permit flexible engagement with formal and informal value chain stakeholders.
L4: Over the long term, innovation processes unfold in unpredictable and unplannable ways: R4: Provide an institutional environment that recognize and support unfolding processes and allow for flexible open-ended interventions.
Challenges, lessons and recommendations
Participants in JOLISAA CIRAD: Bernard Triomphe, Bernard Bridier, Henri Hocdé,KARI: Geoffrey Kamau, Teresiah Ng’ang’a, Kavoi JusticeUAC : Simplice Davo Vodouhe, Anne Floquet, Roch Mongbo, Rigobert Tossou, UP: Joe Stevens, Brigid Letty, Rootman GerritWUR: Jolanda van den Berg, Todd Crane, Conny Almekinders, ICRA: Nour Sellamna, Hawkins RichardsETC: Ann Waters-Bayer, Nicoliene Oudwater, Meijboom MarianaAnd many field agronomists and small holders
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